Elisha h



(No Model.)

' E. H. TOBEY.

RAILROAD (moss TIE,

Patented Nov. 8,1881.

j"ig. 1.

Elishaflil'bbcg/ ja /671L37 N, PETERS. Hmo-um her. Wuhin tqn. TLC,

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISHA H. TOBEY, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

RAILROAD CROSS-TIE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,271, dated November 8, 1881.

Application filed September 7, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ELIs'HA H. Toner, a citizen of theUnited States of America, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvem cuts in Railroad Gross-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure l is an end View of two ties, showing a side elevation of a railattached thereto. Fig. 2 is a side View of a tie, partly in section, showing the ends of two rails attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the bed-plate with the Wooden cushion removed. Fig. 4is aperspective of the bed-plate, showing corrugated surfaces. Fig. 5 is an end view of tie and bedplate, with aflattened bottom. Fig. 6 isa perspective of a bed-plate with a flattened bottom.

My invention relates to railroad cross-ties, and has for its object the securing ot' a wellrammed solid foundation for the seat of the tie; and it consists of a compound tie constructed as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Arepresents the bedplate, which may be made of any suitable ma terial, but preferably of iron. The bed-plate A is composed of two sides of a right-angle triangle, corrugated or plain, with the right angleorcornerB set in the ground. The sides of the base-plate are corrugated for the purpose of getting an increased bearing-surface, and preventing lateral displacement, and for strengthening the plate. The upper edges of the base-plate may be cut away, as shown at a a a a, to receive the rails, or they maybe made with straight edges, the wooden cushion beingmade comparativelythicker. Theupper open side of the base-plate is filled or partly filled with a wooden cushion, 0, cut with an angle corresponding to that of the bed-plate, and fitting the same, upon which therails rest. The wooden cushion may extend the entire length of the bed-plate, or it may be made in two sections of suitable length, and one placed under each rail.

A bolt, D, is passed through the bed-plate A, cushion O, and chair E to secure the rail and tie together, and all the parts are secured firmly in place by a nut, F, on this bolt.

When the chair is suitably constructed one bolt on either the outer or inner side of the rail may be sufficient; but when it is necessary two bolts, one on each side of the rail,1nay be used for each tie.

The base-plate thus far shown and described is composed of two sides of a right-angled triangle; but, when desired, the angle may be a little greater or a little less than a right angle without departing from the spirit of myinvention, the object being to present such. an inclination of the sides as will enable the solid ramming ot' the road-bed beneath the tie from 'each side of it.

Having thus described myinventionmI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A railroad-tie composed of a triangularshaped base plate containing a triangular wooden cushion, substantially as and for the purpose 'set fort-h. g

2. A railroad-tie composed of a triangularshaped corrugated base-plate containing a wooden cushion, substantially, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLIVER S. MOGLAINE, ARTHUR N. DEMOREST. 

